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Mrs. Thelma Bernice Greene McGuire, 89, passed away Friday, November 21, 2025 at Piedmont Crossing. She was born August 31, 1936 in Roan Mt., TN, the daughter of Bernie and Maggie Gibbs Greene. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Thelma was a graduate of Cloudland High School and was a graduate L.P.N.. She enjoyed her cats, gardening and loved watching Television Ministries. Devoted to her family, she is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert George McGuire; her sister, Geneva Street and her two brothers, Linville Greene and Zeb Greene. Survivors include her two sons, Scott McGuire (Marci) of Kernersville and Stephen McGuire of Lexington, NC; a sister, Geraldine...

Mrs. Wilma Hiatt Witt Rogers, 85, passed away Friday, November 21, 2025, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. She was born on May 28, 1940, in Surry County to the late John Alex and Kate Eads Hiatt. Wilma worked 30 years at Forsyth County Government and 17 years at Baptist Hospital Out-Patient Clinic. She also coordinated a free dental clinic with health care professionals for 17 years. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church in King, NC. Wilma was preceded in death by her husband Ervin Rogers, her brother Clark Hiatt, and her sister Elizabeth Hiatt. She is survived by her son Michael (Lesley) Witt, grandsons Connor and Ryan Witt. In addition, she survived by her beloved Sisters Linda...

Thomas Edward "Tom" Lawson, 86, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem. Tom was born on May 5, 1939, in Forsyth County the son of the late George and Edna Lawson. He was a restaurant man all of his life, ending up at the "Whistle Stop" in Thomasville. Tom was also known as the pie man, making and delivering pies and cakes. He was a lifetime member of Davidson County Beekeepers Association. He enjoyed working with the bees and honey. Tom was a Wake Forest Fan, enjoyed playing the spoons, dancing and loved his dog, Daisy. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Kenneth, Jimmy and Jerry Lawson and a sister,...

William Frazier Scott, 68, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 24, 2025, at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born to the late Alvin Windsor Scott and Janice Didsbury Scott on July 15, 1957, in Newburgh, New York. Frazier graduated in the class of 1975 from Valley Central High School in New York. He grew up watching his family in the florist industry which inspired him to continue his career to a wholesale florist level. Frazier was a lifetime football fan of the New York Jets. He enjoyed many hobbies such as blasting music on his stereo system or spending time with his pet birds. Although most of all he loved to spend time with his family, especially his grandson, Oliver. In addition to...

Elbert Carl Taylor, 85, of Advance, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2025, with family by his side. He left behind a life full of love, hard work, and deep devotion to the people who mattered most. Born on March 12, 1940, in Rock, West Virginia, Carl was the son of the late David Gordon and Nancy Grose Taylor. He graduated from Athens High School in 1958 and carried a strong work ethic and a sense of independence that would define the rest of his life. In 1962, Carl married his best friend and the love of his life, Geraldean "Gerry" Taylor. This past November, they celebrated 62 years of marriage surrounded by the family they built together. Carl and Gerry raised two...

On April 11, 2025, Iris Rumley entered Heaven. She was 100 years old and born in Lee County NC to the late Isaac Wood and Ora Carter Wood. She was saved and joined Woodland Baptist Church in 1942, and her testimony was "I'm saved, and I know that I'm saved". At the time of her death, she had been a member of the church 82 years the Faithful Followers Sunday School Class. She made sure her children never missed a church service even on vacation. She came to Winston-Salem in 1942 and worked for 40 years at RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company. She played ball as a pitcher during World War II. She was married to Paul Rumley for 37 years. She lived her life facing any challenge with the unique ability to...

William Gilbert McLeod, 96, of Winston-Salem, NC passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. He was born to the late William Gilbert McLeod, Jr. and Isabel Byrd McLeod on November 8, 1928, in Fayetteville, NC. Gilbert's childhood was marked by many challenges that greatly affected him and his future, including the death of his father while just an infant and the changing family life brought on by the Great Depression. Widowed, with a young family and needing to work, his mother moved into her family home with her mother and sister for support. Gilbert spent the school year at his grandmother's home in Fayetteville and his summers in his beloved...

Robert Earl Palyszeski (Bob and Bobby), beloved husband and father, passed peacefully, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Winston-Salem, NC, as his loving wife, Lynn, and children, Rosalyn and Michael, were by his side telling him how much he was loved and that they would love him forever. Bob battled like the warrior he was against a weakened heart left from a heart attack suffered at the early age of 38. He gave his all throughout, always fighting to beat whatever was thrown at him. He never complained and always kept a smile on his face. Bob's loss is profound for his family and friends; and the loss of his smile, dry humor and friendliness toward everyone will leave a void that cannot be...

Ann Qualtrough Williams Skok passed away on March 26, 2025, in Winston Salem, North Carolina, two weeks prior to her 92nd birthday. Ann was born in Galveston, Texas on April 14, 1933, where she lived a charmed life, developing her love of food at her favorite restaurant, Gaido's, and playing on the beach. Affectionately known as "Grann", she was a "foodie" before that was a "thing", a die-hard Longhorn football fan and a horticulturalist who knew the botanical name for every plant, flower, tree and herb in her (and your) yard. Following her graduation from Ball High School in Galveston, Ann was "sent east" to Stuart Hall in Staunton, Virginia to spend a post-graduate year before...

Mavis Jividen Hedrick passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Mavis was born May 25, 1932, in Mason County, WV. At the age of nine, the family moved to Nitro, WV in Kanawha County. She grew up there and after graduating from high school in 1950, she went to work for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in Charleston. She met her husband Charles at a drive-in restaurant in early 1952. They began to talk to each other, and he asked her out for a date. She thought he looked like an okay guy and consented to go out with him. They continued to date for about six months. He then asked her to marry him. Long engagements were not the norm back then, so they set a date for November 26,...

Shirley passed away Friday evening, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, with her son and husband by her side - daughter home in Portland, OR. Shirley leaves her husband A.D. Robertson, son David, and daughter Dawn, married to Louis Hunt, as well as granddaughter Lauren Hunt, and Lauren's two children - Shirley's great grandson Shiloh and great granddaughter Juni. Born in Kernersville, Shirley graduated high school there, ultimately making her home, for the last 36 years, in Winston. While Shirley and A.D. raised children Dawn and David, Shirley returned to school, earning undergraduate (Phi Beta Kappa, 1973) and graduate (1976) mathematics degrees, followed by her teaching career....

Mrs. Frances Jewel Darby Edwards, age 81 of Clemmons, N.C. passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after a brief illness. She was born July 17, 1943, in Albany, GA. to the late William Edd Darby and Dixie Jewel McAllister Darby. Frances graduated from Albany High School. After moving to North Carolina with her high-school sweetheart and husband, Dewey Boyce Edwards in 1968, they co-founded together Clemmons Pallet & Skid Works in 1971, where she served as Senior Vice-President. In her free time, she enjoyed all things crafting but was especially passionate about making jewelry and found joy in giving her pieces to friends and family. She loved...

Fortified with the Sacraments of Holy Mother Church, Robert "Bob" Penn Ross, II, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2024, at Salemtowne Retirement Community. Bob was born to the late Robert Penn, Sr., and Beverly Ellinwood Ross on October 25, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Mechanicsburg, Illinois. Bob worked as an accounting clerk, production manager, plant manager and vice president for Camcar Division of Textron, in Rockford, Illinois, before moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, as President of Townsend Division of Textron until 1994. Bob proudly served his country in the U.S. Air Force Reserves as an Air Police Officer. In addition to...

Faye Vannoy Sharpe went peacefully to be with her Lord on Saturday, November 30, 2024. Faye was born March 4, 1929, to Will and Ella Faw Vannoy of Ashe County. Growing up, she loved school and attended Fleetwood High School, where she enjoyed playing on the basketball team. She maintained a life-long love of sports, closely following the Atlanta Braves games. Faye and her husband, Burl, moved to Rural Hall in 1953, where they joined First Baptist Church of Stanleyville. They were active members and made lifelong friends there. Faye was a choir member, WMU member, Sunday School and Bible School teacher. Faye worked for and retired from Hanes Hosiery, after which she and Burl enjoyed traveling...

Brenda Hutchins, known to her family and oldest friends as Bo, passed away peacefully on November 22, 2024 at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, as the result of complications of leukemia. This profound loss is mourned by her husband of sixty three years, John E. Hutchins, daughters Kelli Elizabeth Hutchins (Beth) and Stephanie Hutchins Autry, son-in-law, George B. Autry, Jr., grandsons George B. Autry III (Bailey) and John Cameron Autry, and much-loved nieces, nephews and cousins. Bo was born in Surry County on February 23, 1942, to Leroy Dowell and Lucy Sloop Dowell, who predeceased her. She was the youngest of six children, Nita Dowell Bullard, Maxine (Mac) Dowell, Bonnie...

Clarence "Gizz" Coleman, 78, of Winston- Salem, North Carolina joined the Lord Thursday, November 7, 2024, at his home. He meets his beloved mother, his brother Johnny Lee and his son Andre "Alfie". He was, by his own admission, a "beautiful baby" born in St. Petersburg, Florida, the oldest of 7 children born to Mary Gilbert. A hard worker who loved to dress, there was not a job that he would turn away from. He brought this talent to New York where he lived and married his cherished wife, Patricia. He retired there from Bristol-Meyers after 30 years and happily left the central N.Y. snow behind for the warmth and sunshine he loved. Never one to sit still, he worked for anyone who needed him,...

Richard Wilmer Pyles (76), has moved to his Heavenly Home having passed away peacefully at Brookridge Retirement Center in Winston-Salem, NC after several years with dementia. Born in Washington, DC to Wilmer Dove and Cloris Pyles, Richard grew up in Temple Hills, MD. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Carol Pyles (Williamson), their two children, Rev. Christopher Pyles, Baltimore, MD, and Amanda Allshouse (Ben), two grandsons Jackson (15) and Asher (12), Denver, CO, his sister Pamela Stanard, Clearwater, FL, his twin brother Dr. Jerald Pyles (Ann), Hendersonville, NC, and sisters-in-law Barbara Sampar, VA, and June Baldwin (Grover), MD. He was preceded in death by his parents, and sister...

Cpl. Steven Adam Bolton, 22 passed away unexpectedly on October 17, 2024 at his home in Jacksonville, NC. He was born in Winston-Salem, NC on January 15, 2002 to Valerie Bolton and Frank Bolton. Steven was preceded in death by his father, Frank Bolton as well has his maternal grandparents, Pauline and Ken Lyle of Medford, MA as well as his paternal grandparents Georgia and Morris Bolton of Jacksonville, NC. Those left to cherish his memory include his wife Addy Walker; his daughter, Elena Bolton; his Mother Valerie Bolton, his sister Laura Bolton; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and fellow marines. Steven was a member of First Baptist Church of Stanleyville and graduate of...

Mrs. Betty Jo Frazier Lambert, 92, passed away Thursday September 12, 2024. She was born October 21, 1931 in Leaksville (Eden), NC to the late Charles Rucker Frazier and Alice Virginia Jones Frazier. In addition to being a lifelong partner in her husband's ministry, she found great meaning in keeping her house and garden beautiful, and in early childhood education. In addition to her parents, Betty Jo was preceded in death by her loving Husband of sixty-six years, Rev. James Matthew Lambert, and her brothers, Rev. Dr. Milton Gray Frazier and Kenneth Gordon Frazier. She is survived by her two sons, Stephen Matthew Lambert (Banner Elk, NC) and James Blake Lambert (Greensboro, NC); her...

Charles Edwin "Charlie" Snyder of Winston-Salem, NC went home to be with the Lord on July 26, 2024. He was born January 12, 1933, to Peeler Nifong Snyder and Lema Irene Shoaf. He graduated from Arcadia High School and married his high school sweetheart, Rebecca "Becky" Zimmerman in 1954. He spent 2 years active and 4 years in the reserves in the Marine Corps. He then attended and graduated from North Carolina State University. He started with RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co. as a mechanical engineer and rose up through their ranks, retiring in 1988. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Becky "Babe" Snyder; son in law, Charles Michael Kerr; and grandson, Charles Forrest Fowler. He is...

Beulah Marie Pope Clatfelter, 99, finished her earthly journey and entered eternal rest with her Lord Jesus on June 6, 2024. Beulah was born on August 12, 1924, to the late Lawrence H. Pope and Elsie Bates Pope in Haxtun, Colorado. Beulah is predeceased by her husband, Kenneth Clatfelter; son, Thomas Clatfelter; and daughter-in-law, Doris Clatfelter. Beulah is survived by her loving son, Richard Clatfelter (Carolyn); sisters, Shirley Ware and Donna Gilmore; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and one great-great granddaughter. The funeral service will be held at 3PM on Sunday, June 23, 2024, with the Pastor Francis Smith officiating. The service will be held at Hayworth-Miller...